Invented Traditions in North and South Korea

433 Pages·2021·5.646 MB·English

by  Andrew David Jackson, Codruța Sîntionean, Remco Breuker, CedarBough Saeji

Invented tradItIons In
north and south Korea
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hawaI‘I studIes on Korea
Invented Traditions in
North and South Korea
Edited by
andrew davId JacKson
codruŢa sîntIonean
remco BreuKer
cedarBough saeJI
University of Hawai‘i Press, Honolulu
and
Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai‘i
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© 2022 University of Hawai‘i Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jackson, Andrew David, editor. | Sîntionean, Codruța, editor. |
Breuker, Remco E., editor. | Saeji, CedarBough, editor.
Title: Invented traditions in North and South Korea / edited by Andrew
David Jackson, Codruța Sîntionean, Remco Breuker, CedarBough Saeji.
Other titles: Hawai‘i studies on Korea.
Description: Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press : Center for Korean
Studies, University of Hawai‘i, 2021. | Series: Hawai‘i studies on Korea
| Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021015365 | ISBN 9780824890339 (hardback) | ISBN
9780824890476 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9780824890483 (epub) | ISBN
9780824890490 (kindle edition)
Subjects: LCSH: Invented traditions—Korea (North) | Invented
traditions—Korea (South) | Nationalism—Korea (North) |
Nationalism—Korea (South) | Political culture—Korea (North) |
Political culture—Korea (South)
Classification: LCC DS916.27 .I68 2021 | DDC 306.09519—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021015365
The Center for Korean Studies was established in 1972 to coordinate
and develop resources for the study of Korea at the University of Hawai‘i.
Reflecting the diversity of the academic disciplines represented by
affiliated members of the university faculty, the Center seeks especially
to promote interdisciplinary and intercultural studies. Hawai‘i Studies
on Korea, published jointly by the Center and the University of Hawai‘i Press, offers a
forum for research in the social sciences and humanities pertaining to Korea and its
people.
University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the
guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources.
Cover photo: A small plastic Buddha nestles in a historic stone lantern at Chikjisa, near
Kimchŏn in North Kyŏngsang Province, Korea. Photo by CedarBough Saeiji.
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To
Wonae, Călin, Imke, Karjam
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contents
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
Chronology xiii
Invented Traditions in Korea—Contention
and Internationalization 1
Andrew David Jackson
Part I reImagInIng tradItIon:
HIstory and relIgIon 41
Introduction by Remco Breuker
Chapter 1 Authenticating the Past: Filling in Gaps with
the Tan’gi kosa 52
Remco Breuker
Chapter 2 Enticement of Ancient Empire: Historicized
Mythology and (Post)colonial Conspiracies in
the Construction of Korean Pseudohistory 76
Andrew Logie
Chapter 3 Imagining Ancient Korean Religion: Sŏndo,
Tan’gun, and the Earth Goddess 114
Don Baker
vii
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viii Contents
Part II rewrItIng tradItIon: language 139
Introduction by Andrew David
Jackson and Remco Breuker
Chapter 4 The Language of the “Nation of Propriety in the East”
東方禮儀之國
( )? The Ideological History of the
Korean Culture of Politeness 149
Eunseon Kim
Chapter 5 Re-invented in Translation? Korean Literature in
Literary Chinese as One Epitome of Endangered
Cultural Heritage 176
Andreas Schirmer
Part III ConsumIng and PerformIng tradItIon:
musIC, food, and Crafts 219
Introduction by CedarBough Saeji
Chapter 6 Split-Bamboo Comb: Heritage, Memory, and the
Space In-between 229
Laurel Kendall
Chapter 7 Tradition as Construction: Embedding Form in
Two Korean Music Genres 254
Keith Howard
Chapter 8 Making Masters, Staging Genealogy: Full-Length
P’ansori as an Invented Tradition 279
Jan Creutzenberg
Chapter 9 The State Leader as Inventor of Food Traditions in
the DPRK 304
Maria Osetrova
Part IV embodyIng tradItIon: sPaCes 333
Introduction by Codruța Sîntionean
Chapter 10 Spatializing Tradition: The Remaking of Historic
Sites under Park Chung Hee 339
Codruța Sîntionean
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Contents ix
Chapter 11 Rematerializing the Political Past: The Annual
Schoolchildren’s March and North Korean
Invented Traditions 368
Robert Winstanley-Chesters
Contributors 399
Index 403
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